An attorney who filed a lien for attorney fees prior to judgment being entered in a dissolution proceeding lost his case before
the Court of Appeals after it determined Indiana statute requires the lien be filed after a judgment in the case is entered.

The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a guilty but mentally ill verdict against an Indianapolis woman who killed the pastor
at her church because she believed he was part of a cartel that was pitted against her. The judges held Lori Ann Barcroft’s
due process rights were violated when the judge entered that verdict.

The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed the decision to dismiss a woman’s counterclaims against her mortgage holder after
it sought to foreclose on her home. None of her claims, which stemmed from the denial of modifying her mortgage under a new
program, stated an actionable claim.

A man convicted of raping his wife after drugging her – and recording several sexual encounters – could not convince
the Indiana Court of Appeals that the wife’s recordings of the videos she found on her husband’s cellphone should
not have been admitted at his trial.

A man’s rights under the Indiana Constitution were not violated when the state admitted his victim’s deposition
acquired through Skype because the man chose not to be present during the deposition, ruled the Indiana Court of Appeals.

A couple awarded more than $7,600 following a car accident did not provide cogent argument or legal authority to support their
claim a trial court erred in denying their motion to compel, the Indiana Court of Appeals held Friday.

Because a Perry County woman relinquished her three neglected horses to a local rescue organization, she cannot be ordered
to pay restitution based on the animal cruelty statute, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Friday. But the general restitution
statute supports the trial court order Julie Bickford pay nearly $700 in restitution.

A staged robbery between two friends to cover up stolen funds from an employer took an unexpected turn when a good Samaritan
tried to catch the supposed robber. The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed the defendant’s intimidation conviction for
pulling a knife on the good Samaritan during a chase.

A company that did not file the board record or request an extension of time to file the record within 30 days as required
by the applicable judicial review statute should not have been allowed to proceed with its request for judicial review, the
Indiana Court of Appeals held. The judges reversed the denial of the town of Pittsboro’s request to dismiss Ark Park
LLC’s claims.

Although the trial court abused its discretion when it did not allow a person to testify on behalf of the defendant based
on a separation of witnesses violation, the error was harmless, ruled the Court of Appeals in affirming a man’s felony
convictions of vicarious sexual gratification and possession of child pornography.

The Indiana Court of Appeals granted the Department of Child Services’ request for rehearing of an August 2014 decision
in which the court reversed a child in need of services finding for a child whose father was in the Navy for the first few
years of the child’s life. The judges clarified their reasoning but affirmed their decision in all respects.

While the three judges on the Indiana Court of Appeals panel agreed summary judgment was proper for an Indianapolis attorney
being sued for defamation and other claims because the statute of limitations had expired, each judge interpreted the interplay
between Trial Rules 15(C) and 17(F) differently.

It is not a requirement that one party in a marriage must initiate divorce proceedings in order for the parties to later enter
into a valid and enforceable reconciliation agreement, the Indiana Court of Appeals held Wednesday.

The ex-husband in an acrimonious domestic relations case is entitled to $9,000 in legal fees a trial court awarded to him
as well as judgments in his favor on parenting time and child support, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Monday.

A man who repeatedly broke into property and stole tools and items being used to renovate a long-vacant farmhouse likely will
remain sentenced to 50 years in prison, even though the Indiana Court of Appeals vacated two of his convictions as violations
of the prohibition against double jeopardy.

An Indiana Court of Appeals panel Friday stripped a maternal grandparent of visitation rights, finding she had no standing
to seek visitation. The parents of the child had divorced, and the father remarried shortly after the mother’s death.